Sleigh-runner



A. REID.

SLEIGH RUNNER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 8. 1920.

1,380,680. Patented June 7, 1921.

' To all whom it may concern ANDREW" nnrn, ormoosoMI1\r,-..sAsKATcnEwAN, omens.

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Be it know n that I, ANDREW Run); of the town of Mooso'min, in theProvince of'Saskatchewan, Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sleigh- Runners, of which the following'is thespecification.

' The invention relates toimprovements in sleigh runners andparticularly to a sleigh runner for use on buggies to take the place ofthe wheels. and, an object of the invention is to provide a simplyconstructed runner which can be quicklyattached to the buggy instead ofthe wheels, thereby allowing one to use his bug y bodyon sleighs.

A further 0 ject is to construct the runners in an inexpensive anddurable manner and so that it can be readily assembled and such that nodifiiculty is experienced in placing the runner on the axles after thewheels have been dismounted.

With the above objects in view the invention consists essentially in thearrangement and construction ofparts hereinafter more particularlydescribed and later pointed out in the appended claims, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a side view of myrunner as 1t appears in use.

Fig 2 is an enlarged detailed side view of the runner.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the runner.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view through the front end ofthe runner.

Fig. 5 is a vertical cross sectional view at 5-5 Fig.4.

Fig. 6 is a plan View of the dismounted hub.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding partsin the several figures.

1 represents the runner shoe which is a substantially flat metallic barhaving the front end turned backwardly and riveted as indicated at 2 tothe body of the bar and the rear end turned forwardly and riveted at 3to the body of the bar. When the front end of the bar is being turned itis bent to provide a leading curved nose 4 and a horizontally disposedbearing surface 5 and when the back end is bent it forms a rearhorizontally disposed bearing face 6, the two bent ends really formingfront and rear supporting brackets for hubs later described.

A brace bar 7 is inserted between the bearing face 5 and the bar 1. Onthe horizon- Specification of letterslatent.

Patented June 7, 1921.

' Application fi led September s, .1920. Serial No. 408,859.

tal si1rface's 5 andG'I mount in each instance a comparatively shortbeam8 the beam being cross slotted as indicated at 9 on the upperface toreceive the basejlO of a hub .11, the hub being positioned transverselyof the beam and being fitted with'a hub opening 12 shapedto receive thecustomary axle 13 of a buggy. Thebase 10 of 'the 'hub is of the samewidth as-thejbeam and the hub is held in place by a pair of fasteningbolts 14 and 15 which passthrough the ends of the beam and thehorizontal surfaces 5 and 6 in each bear on the beam and overliethe'bases of the hubs.

Here it is also to be noticed that end notches 18 and 19 are formed inthe ends of the hub base 10, these receiving approximately half of thebolts with the result that when the bolts are tightened up the baseblock cannot shift sidewise owing to the engagement with the bolts andcannot rise owing to the washers. Obviously one could dispense with thewashers if the heads of the bolts were larger.

In equipping a buggy with my invention the wheels will be removed fromthe ends of the axles and a pair of my runners supplied, the hubsreceiving the ends of the axles and being held in place by the customarynuts on the ends of the axles.

Accordingly a farmer by providing himself with a set of my runners canquickly convert his buggy so that it can be used as a sleigh.

Here I may mentionthat if one does not desire a continuous shoe ateach'side he can cut the shoe 1 in a location approximately midwaybetween the rivets 2 and 3 and then by turning up the forward end of therear part of the out shoe as indicated at 20 Fig. 2

he can have two independent runners at each side in which case theforward runners will turn with the axle instead of being fixed.

Here I may state that cutters usually have a fixed runner at each sideso that the runner shown in the drawings is of the same nature as whatis already used in this regard.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a runner, a shoe having the frontand rear ends turned backwardly on themselves and fastened to theintermediate portion of the runner and formed to present front and rearelevated horizontally disposed bearing faces, a beam mounted on eachbearing face,

a hub mounted on each beam and means demountably securing the hub andbeam to the bearing face in each instance.

2. In a runner, a shoe having the front and rear ends turned backwardlyon themselves and fastened to the intermediate portion of the runner andformed to present front and rear elevated horizontallydisposed bearingfaces, a beam mounted on each bearing face and provided with a crossslot in its upper face, similar hubs provided with bases and having thebases of the hubs seated in the cross slots and bolts passing throughthe bases of the hubs and the beams and fastening the hubs and beams tothebearing faces, the said bolts passing through vend notches providedin the ends of the hub bases.

3. A runner provided with an elevated bearing surface, a recessed beammounted on the bearing surface and a hub having a portion fitting intosaidrecess and releasably held against displacement therein.

4. A runner provided with an elevated bearing surface, at each end, arecessed beam supported on each bearing surface, and a hub supported oneach beam having a portion fitting into the recess and releasablysecured therein.

5. A runner provided with spaced elevated bearing surfacesv formed byextending the ends of the runner upwardly and longitudinally, and hubssupported on said bearing surfaces.

I 6. A runner having a recessed beam supported thereon, a hub having anotched portion engaging in saidrecess, and fastening.

meanspassing through the runner beam and hub and engaging in the notchesof the latter to prevent lateral displacement thereof.

Signed at Winnipeg, this 10th day of August, 1920. 1 I

' ANDREW REID. In the presence of-+ GERALD S RoXBURc K. BLWAKEFIELD}

